The ASX smashed lower to finish the week off 59 points at 8770 (0.7%), with the week down 1.2%. Felt like a lot more really! Banks came under pressure, coming off all-time highs as MQG was dumped 5.7% and WBC and CBA fell hard. The Big Bank Basket dropped to $295.13 (-1.1%). Financials and wealth managers continued to fall, with NWL off 2.6% and AMP down 2.9%. REITs were a mixed bag — GMG steady, while CHC slipped 1.2%. Industrials slid, with SGH down 1.6% and ALL off 2.0%, while the tech sector came under serious pressure — WTC down 2.7% and XRO off 2.5%. The All-Tech Index fell 2.2%.TLS bucked the trend on defensive buying, up 1.2%, while QAN landed 6.6% lower after an update. Resources were weaker too, as the big miners sold off — BHP down 0.8% and RIO off 1.3%. Gold miners were mixed, with NEM up 1.8% and EVN down 0.7%. Some buying appeared in rare earths, but uranium came under a little pressure.
In corporate news, XYZ dropped 15.8% on a Q3 revenue miss, QAN fell again on a trading update, and OML slipped 6.0% after warning of a weaker finish to the year. REA came under pressure on results, but NWS rallied slightly on its own. AQZ crash-landed 42.7% after a voluntary suspension ended with a large profit drop and the MD stepping down. MQG became the latest blue-chip loser to be skewered, on disappointing results.
On the economic front, nothing locally, but Chinese trade numbers disappointed and iron ore dropped again in Singapore trade.
Asian markets - HK down 1.1%, China off 0.2% and Japan down 2%. US Futures off lows, Nasdaq up 40 Dow up 50. European markets set for a slightly lower opening.
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